Administrative divisions of Karachi

Karachi Towns
Population
(1998 census)
(2006 estimate)[1]
(2023 Census)

9,339,023
11,969,284

2,03,82,881

Area 3,528 km2
City Nazim (Mayor) Murtuza Wahab
Naib Nazim Salman Murad
District Coordination Officer Fazal-ur-Rehman
Towns 25
Union Councils 246
Website karachicity.gov.pk

Karachi, Pakistan was a federation of eighteen autonomous boroughs, called "Towns," that made up the City District of Karachi from 2001 until 2011. Under this now-defunct system, Karachi had a local government system, with a mayor empowered to make decisions in regards to city-planning and administration of local services. The system was abolished in 2011, and Karachi was divided into 5 City District Municipal Corporations, with a 6th formed in 2013. Each Municipal Corporation now has its own Chairman and Deputy Chairman. The Karachi Development Authority, which controls city-planning and administration of services in Karachi, is no longer controlled at the local level, but is instead administered by the province directly.[1]

  1. ^ "KDA Introduction". www.kda.gos.pk. Retrieved 2020-04-04.